Was there any equipment which could directly print out the program or data on a stack of punchcards, without first loading the deck into a general-purpose computer?
In other words, a transfer from the machine-readable hole pattern, and without calculations, printing to a typewritten human-readable listing on a line printer. Decoding the pattern of holes into printer signals is fine, extracting a data field is fine, but I do not mean adding up data. Such a device could print out a source code listing, or print address labelsaddresses for mailing. (NotI don't mean making the cards in the first place, nor labeling the card, nor copying a card to another card.)